The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 25, 1911
Waxing Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 AM
9:53 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -136
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 117.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 06m / -16.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.84° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.58° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.